# Amputations at Frito-Lay
> OSHA SIR `2018010020` · 1/2/2018 · TOPEKA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Frito-Lay
- **Location:** 4236 SW Kirklawn Ave., TOPEKA, KANSAS, 66609
- **NAICS:** 311919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping a coworker clean an area when she noticed an airlock was clogged up. As she attempted to unclog it, the paddle inside the airlock amputated three of her right-hand fingers.

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